I got Eclipse. I have some older devices that won't work with ssh. Maybe I'll try upgrading their firmware, but meanwhile, I do need to use them. John On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 09:39:43AM -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > John J. Boyer wrote: > > I have just installed CentOS 5.6 from disk and updated it. > > > > 1. I would like to use telnet on my local network. How do I activate it? > > You. Should. Not. Use. Telnet. except for *very* particular debugging > work. Use ssh. In face, if you're working at anywhere but home, I'd be > *very* surprised if your employer allows telnet for any real use. Use ssh. > Telnet is from when the 'Net was a kinder, gentler place, and transfers > things like username and password in plain text, meaning someone sniffing > your network can read it. > > > > 2. How do I install Mercurial? it is not in the repository. > > > > 3. How do I install eclipse? It is also not in the repository. > > As someone else noted, the std. package manager for CentOS is yum. man > yum, but as an example: > yum install mercurial<enter> > > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities